Pumpkin Pancakes (100% whole grain)

These super soft pumpkin pancakes have an amazing texture! Unlike other whole grain pancakes, these aren’t at all bready and taste amazing.

Don’t let the word protein turn you off! There’s nothing weird in these pancakes. Except some cottage cheese which I promise you can’t taste.

All it does is make the pancakes taste less healthy. It sounds ridiculous, I know, but really. It makes them less bready, something I dislike in pancakes, and less eggy. You whip these up in the food processor and so nobody will be able to tell that there’s cottage cheese and all that protein in there.

These pumpkin pancakes are great reheated. I love making a big batch and eating one for breakfast every work day. It just makes mornings so much cheerier!

There’s quite a bit of spices in these which yields a pleasantly fall-flavored breakfast. No hints of spice or anything like that. It’s right there in your face!

I’ve read that some people are burned out on pumpkin already. I’m afraid I’m just going to add to that burn-out. I’m just not finished with it. Besides, I have the rest of the year to not post pumpkin recipes! I’ll post my last pumpkin recipe before Thanksgiving and then start with the ginger madness.

From Monday until the day before Thanksgiving, I’ll be posting some of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. That is, if the insanely dark gray skies ever go away. One of my fellow American colleagues said that back home, the weather we’ve been seeing over here is referred to “run and hide” weather. Seriously, it looks like a tornado is about to come ’round the corner any minute half the time.

So if you’re having some run and hide weather yourself, whip up a batch of these pumpkin pancakes and get cozy! These will make you feel all warm and fuzzy. :)

Directions

Pour the oats in the food processor and give it a few pulses. You want them to be a little finer is all. Then add all the other ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. There definitely shouldn't be any lumps. Because we're using cottage cheese here, I don't recommend making these without the help of a food processor or a good blender.

Cook in a medium pan over medium heat. For me, it took about one - two minutes before I flipped them, and then another minute on the next side. They were really easy to flip, but if you normally use cooking spray, go ahead and use it here.

Notes

You can use 3 1/2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice in place of the separate spices.

I LOVE PUMPKIN!!! Cant wait to make these pancakes, my 3 year old will LOVE!! I try to stay away from wheat though so I was wonder what else would be a healthy choice of flour to use in this and still come out delish??

I do a lot of gluten-free and grain-free baking but I’m afraid that it wouldn’t work with this recipe. There’s no really good way to replace all the wheat flour with something else. Perhaps a gluten-free all-purpose mix? I’m sorry I couldn’t help more! Good luck and I hope you’ll like them. :) (you could also use whole spelt flour if you’re just avoiding wheat and not gluten!)

Just discovered this recipe on your list of 100 pumpkin recipes. This is definitely going on my list of things to make. I love the idea of getting to eat pumpkin pie and not having to pay a high [caloric] price for doing so.

These are a real favorite of mine! I hope you’ll like them as much as I do, Susan. :) To me, they’re just as or even more satisfying than pie! And I’m so happy that you explored around the recipes of my pumpkin roundup. Thank you!

Burnt out on pumpkin?! Noooo! At least I'm not. I started a little later than everyone else, but I still have more pumpkin recipes to come! I better get sharing… Anywho… Your pancakes look wonderful! I wanted to make some pumpkin pancakes to share but I never got around to it. I will be trying yours at some point though. I love that there are no weird ingredients :D

I hope you do! And there are so many things I never get around to sharing. It's sad. Like Thanksgiving stuff. I think next year all of November will be Thanksgiving month! I haven't even started posting and it's almost here. :(

I can NEVER get enough pumpkin! I have yet to make pumpkin pancakes this season, but when I do (maybe this weekend?!) I want them to be just as healthy as these. Or wait, I want them to be these lol! The cottage cheese, oats, pumpkin – these are right up my alley Erin!

I don't have *that* many. :) And we will absolutely make pancakes if I can stop by for a visit! And let me know how the apple chips come out. Somebody has already made them with good results so I'm sure you'll be fine. I hope you like them!

These are absolutely incredible! My 3 year old daughter is a picky eater and she inhaled 3 of these and that makes me very happy:) We ate the entire batch! My husband said they taste like pumpkin pie and he's right! I detest cottage cheese. I think its the texture that turns me of, but like you said, you would never know its in there, and like you I don't really like the bready part of pancakes and it does improve the texture and taste of the pancakes. Love how its an all in one meal because of the protein, because that's another thing I don't like about pancakes, how you normally get hungry soon afterwards. These have staying power and I didn't feel the need to put any butter or maple syrup on them because they're so flavorful as is and moist. I'll be making these the next time my in laws stay with us, so you know they're good if they're in law worthy. Love, love love the pumpkin recipes. So not burnt out on the pumpkin, although I'm quite excited for your ginger recipes as well. Pumpkin and ginger are my favorite!

Hi Heather! Are you the same Heather that made my apple chips and pumpkin chai latte? If so, thanks for leaving all this feedback. And for making all these recipes! :) If not, thanks for leaving the amazing feedback on this recipe! I'm so happy that you and your family enjoyed them. I'm really impressed that you all ate them without any maple syrup. They're SO good with it! But you're right, it's not needed. It's just so hard to resist. And wow, I'm honored that you'll be making these for your in-laws. Yay! And if you're the same Heather that made the pumpkin latte, I've ordered a light therapy lamp (you mentioned SAD) and it should arrive next week. I'll mention in a post at some point if it works or not! Thanks again for the super feedback. I really appreciate that you took the time. :)

Yes its me! I absolutely love your recipes. I initially discovered you when someone posted your grain free peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough bites on their blog (a frugal living blog) which I thought were heaven on earth and I've been hooked on your blog ever since! As you know, I have a 3 year old who loves to help in the kitchen and I feel much better giving her treats that taste good but that also aren't bad for her. Your blog introduced me to Miryam's Eatgood4Life blog which I also follow and where as she's a busy mom like myself I make many of her recipes for supper (and some desserts like her whole wheat Halloween sugar cookies) and yours for dessert. Pretty equal. I'm hopeful that the light therapy lamp will work for you (yes that's me again) or that something soon will work. Oh, and it was only me that ate the pancakes without maple syrup. My husband isn't as health conscious as myself and there is no way my daughter would eat hers without maple syrup after seeing him put maple syrup on them. Maple syrup is always great, its just that I was trying to be good(lol), plus like I said they really didn't need them. Tommorow, I'll be making the m&m; fudge recipe, but using the Smarties from my daughters Halloween stash instead. I'll let you know how that turns out for me, and thank you, thank you so much for your incredible recipes. They make everyone happier around here!

Oh, I'm so happy to hear that you also make Miryam's recipes! Before I started my own blog and making my own recipes, I was making her recipes. All the time. They're great! I hope you enjoy the fudge recipe. There's another one on here for peanut butter chocolate fudge and this is still my favorite candy. So yummy! I've been adding more and more peanut butter to it and it makes it even yummier. Thanks again for your kinds comments. They really made my day! :) Oh and good for you for resisting the maple syrup! I wish I had that kind of willpower.

I definitely love pumpkin, and I also really love the healthy recipes that dont taste like they are healthy. That is always the bonus! These look amazing. I really need to practice making pancakes. Ive only made them a couple times and Ive burned both batches… I guess I just need to make them more often to get better ;)

I still have not gotten a chance to try your other pancakes for two recipe. I really need to get on that.

And no, I am not burned out on pumpkin just yet. I've still got two 15 oz. cans in my room waiting to be used. And because I scale back on recipes, I can get at least 4 different recipes out of those two cans :)

But once December hits, I'm done with pumpkin. Pumpkin is an October/November treat. Once December 1st arrives, I'll be stacking up on ginger, molasses, and maple everything for a little while :)

Do you have a food processor? You need one for those and also for these. :( You definitely don't want cottage cheese chunks. Yuck.

I do the same with scaling down. Because of my limited ration, I only make 1/2 or even 1/4 of recipes. And I'm done with pumpkin after Thanksgiving, too. You and I are really similar except for your apple (or is it all fruit?) hatred!

Oh my goodness those look yummy! And seriously, can one ever get too much pumpkin? I actually have a nice white pumpkin sitting in front of me, waiting to be turned into a beautiful spicy Bundt cake. Oh, I can't wait! Especially now that I have seen your pancakes. Craving pumpkin big time!